Malaria and common respiratory infections, compounded by malnutrition, caused an hitherto unexplained spate of deaths in the ...

Maps have often misrepresented the real sizes of developing nations, portraying them as smaller than more developed nations.

A mysterious illness outbreak in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now been identified as an acute ...

"The loss of a staff person is difficult, but to lose a family member on Christmas Day at the hands of someone in our custody ...

Life seems almost normal in the streets of Lubero, but the calm is deceptive -- the town nestled in the forested, misty hills of eastern DR Congo is under threat from an advancing rebel militia.

An exchange of fire between the Congolese army and a militia group fighting alongside it has killed up to eight civilians in the country's troubled east, sources told AFP Tuesday.

There has been especially strong opposition in Mambasa, a territory in western Ituri. The area has suffered attacks by the ...

The hottest year on record ended with disappointment for vulnerable countries as climate cash fell short, while a rise in ...

A previously unknown disease that has claimed the lives of dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to be malaria ...

Every year the top LET student in what is a distinctly classroom atmosphere is crowned Dux, which is a big deal in the ...

The world's 'most dangerous' countries have been revealed, including one in Europe, over issues such as political violence ...

The International Development Finance Corporation has put the United States more on the map, but China remains king of global ...